My dad's elk

lunde

lunde

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As I posted in one of my earlier threads, my dad finally got his elk. He was hunting in South Dakota (where my parents live). I hunted with him for four days in the early part of this month, and we saw only two elk. Anyway, he got a large 6x6 bull on the 15th at about 10AM. He used his Cooper Arms m52 Excalibur chambered in .338-06, and the bullet was a Barnes 185gr TSX. It took only one shot, and it dropped like a bag of bricks. There was no exit wound. My dad decided not to sift through the 200-pound gutpile, so he wasn't able to recover the bullet.

Anyway, I wasn't able to take photos, because I wasn't there, but my dad was able to send to me 35mm negatives, which I scanned to digital. They're not the best, but certainly show the beast well.

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I do have some digital photos in route on a CD, taken by one of my dad's friends. I'll post those after they get here.

The elk will soon be hanging over my parents' fireplace. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
I know you are griining ear to ear.


Thats something to be proud of Doc:cool:


THanks for posting and sharing:cool::thumbup:
 
Excellent! I'm glad he was able to bag a nice elk, sorry they weren't accommodating enough to show up while you were there though!
 
Huge beast all right....Is he going to do a Euro mount or full head mount?
 
Nice bull big thumbs up:thumbup::thumbup: I think that is great you took the time to hunt with him a bit thats the way it should be
 
Great pix. Congrats to Dad.

Caption on last pic, "Yep, I got me this here elk. . . . holy crap! BEAR!!!!!"

(What on earth is he looking at?)
 
I know he is holding the other side of the antlers but it does look like hes getting ready to draw his knife on something or someone!!!

BTW enjoy and cherish the times spent together, I love the memories my Dad left me with.
 
Nice!

Good for him. :cool:

I've never hunted elk but I've eaten it, delicious.


Thanks for sharing
Helle
 
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